1st Grade Associate Teacher (2026-2027 School Year)

St. Edmund's Academy • Pittsburgh, PA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

St. Edmund's Academy seeks a dedicated and dynamic teacher with experience working with young children for a 1st Grade Associate Teacher position. The 1st Grade Associate Teacher collaboratively supports a 1st Grade Homeroom Teacher in a self-contained classroom and works closely with the 1st Grade team and Director of Lower School to ensure that classroom practices align with the school's mission, vision, core values, and curriculum. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, supporting the homeroom teacher with using the school's core curricula to teach all language arts, math, and social studies classes, responding to students' individual learning needs, supporting the homeroom teacher's collaborative communication with parents, and supporting community initiatives. Excellent candidates will have an outstanding record teaching early childhood or elementary school-aged groups, believe in children's capacity to achieve high standards, work to build positive relationships daily, be motivated to implement research-based practices, and greet change and new ideas with curiosity and optimism. The candidate must share the school's commitment to ensuring that every child, family, and colleague in our diverse community knows that they belong at St. Edmund's Academy. Excellent candidates demonstrate cultural competence, racial literacy, and global awareness. Teachers dedicated to meeting the students' individual academic and personal needs while collaborating with colleagues and parents should apply.

Requirements

• Experience working with young children.
• Outstanding record teaching early childhood or elementary school-aged groups.
• Belief in children's capacity to achieve high standards.
• Ability to build positive relationships daily.
• Motivation to implement research-based practices.
• Curiosity and optimism towards change and new ideas.
• Commitment to ensuring that every child, family, and colleague in our diverse community knows that they belong.
• Cultural competence, racial literacy, and global awareness.
• Dedication to meeting students' individual academic and personal needs.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and parents.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Elementary or Early Childhood Education is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support a 1st Grade Homeroom Teacher in a self-contained classroom.
• Work closely with the 1st Grade team and Director of Lower School.
• Ensure classroom practices align with the school's mission, vision, core values, and curriculum.
• Support the homeroom teacher with using the school's core curricula to teach all language arts, math, and social studies classes.
• Respond to students' individual learning needs.
• Support the homeroom teacher's collaborative communication with parents.
• Support community initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees